If you've visited the website or seen our Facebook page recently - you've probably seen us talk about our raffle coming up in November!

This is going to be our big fundraiser for the year - or I am really praying that it is! We're selling raffle tickets for $10.00 each now through Halloween.

We really need to sell at least 200 tickets in order to make this work. There is no maximum to the number of tickets that can be sold...which is great!

The drawing of the tickets will be held each day in November, with two tickets being drawn on Black Friday! Each day there will be a winner posted with the ticket number, the item and their name. You do not have to be present to win and shipping is free too!!

Each item is from Thirty-One Gifts and all items will be worth $30.00 or more!

Your ticket(s) can win multiple times as well - even more awesome! We will be using random.org to pick the numbers each day and we will post the screenshot of that as well.

Each day there will be a posting to our Facebook page and the Facebook event. We will ship the items on Mondays and each Monday I will recap on the blog each winner and item (as I cannot always get onto it from home).

You can purchase tickets online using our website - there is a PayPal Add to cart button under the event information. You can also mail a payment too (check preferred and tickets will be mailed once the check has cleared). Those that are local can send cash or meet in person.

There are many awesome items that will be included in the raffle, but we have to sell the tickets in order to even purchase the items.

All funds after the purchase of the items will be used towards our 501(c)(3) filing fee and the remainder from that will be divided between the other legal filings we need to do (pattern copyrights, etc) and most importantly supplies for making gowns and postage expenses.

We really need everyone's help in getting this event out to those who are wanting to support Gracie's Gowns, but also would like to win a little something too!!

Please share the event with those that you know, invite them to the FB event, share with your friends, families and co-workers about Gracie's Gowns too! Tell them about the raffle and the great items we will be giving away! There is something for everyone - and hey, you might even get from Christmas gifts out of the way too!

Some of you may already have spotted the pun in the title of this article, and for that I apologize. The reality however is that sometimes, buying cheap perfume, be it online or elsewhere, can have some unexpected and even painful results, and not just financially.